The magical path leading to the old and abandoned church of Llanfihangel
Ysceifiog

Llanfihangel Ysceifiog old Church doorway

Anglesey, Llanfihangel Ysceifiog Church Windows

Anglesey, Llanfihangel Ysceifiog Church, 18th Century Gravestone

Anglesey, Llanfihangel Ysceifiog Gravestones

Churches in Britain and Ireland.

High resolution old and contemporary photographs
of Churches and other places of Worship in Llanfihangel Ysceifiog
(Pentre Berw and Gaerwen) in the county of Anglesey (Sir Fôn)
in North Wales, part of the United Kingdom.

During the middle 19th
century there was across the whole of Anglesey a good deal
of money available
to either repair and refurbish,
or to rebuild churches, probably in an effort to combat non-conformism

.
In the case of the church at Pentre Berw / Gaerwen, as the community
had moved closer
to
the
relatively
new Telford's
A5 road, it was decided to totally rebuild - and a grand job
they did as well. The problem morally is that when you abandon
a building
such as a church, then you are also abandoning the people buried
there. Maybe if only through these web pages we are ensuring
they are remembered always.

As it happens, the abandoned church, of Llanfihangel Ysceifiog
is amongst my most favourite of churches. I have visited lots
of churchyards, but have never felt more spiritual and atmosphere
than I do there.

On a visit I made to the new church (during which I was graciously
entertained)
in
June
2008, I was told that plans were afoot to restore the original
church to
its'
former
glory.

If you have any pictures of any churches, cathedrals, abbeys, monasteries or other places of worship in the United Kingdom, then please scan them in at a high resolution, but at least 1280 pixels width, and email them to
me here.

Not just a photo of the
outside of your Church, but also of the people that use
it, of the interior, and even
of the graveyard and the more interesting
graves.

In addition, if you want
to tell us about your special Church, then we will display your story,
so as every visitor may learn and appreciate what your Church is
about.